Bill Text: TX HB2272 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to surety bond requirements for reserve deputy sheriffs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-05-28 - Effective immediately [HB2272 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2272-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 2272 | ||
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| relating to surety bond requirements for reserve deputy sheriffs. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 85.004, Local Government Code, is | ||
| amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (c-1) to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (c) Except as provided by Subsection (c-1), a [ |
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| deputy, before beginning to perform the duties of office and at the | ||
| time of appointment, must file an oath and execute and file a bond | ||
| in the amount of $2,000 payable to the sheriff. The oath and bond | ||
| shall be filed with the county clerk. | ||
| (c-1) If a sheriff appoints more than one reserve deputy | ||
| sheriff, the sheriff may execute a blanket surety bond to cover the | ||
| reserve deputy sheriffs. Instead of a reserve deputy sheriff | ||
| executing an individual bond under Subsection (c) or the sheriff | ||
| executing a blanket surety bond, the county may self-insure against | ||
| losses that would have been covered by the bond. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 2272 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 16, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 2272 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 15, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
